Everett Wiggins is a reference librarian with a Masters degree in literature. He is always looking for something good to read, and offers these thoughts to help you. His favorites include The Autobiography of Malcom X, Anna Karenina, Kurt Vonnegut, and Harry Potter. They include others, too, but space is limited...

06 March 2013

B.F. Dealeo, Fifty Shades of Brains

Fifty Shades of Brains is another straight rip-off parody of E.L. James’ infamous BDSM best-seller. In this version, rather than being a financial titan, the Master is a zombie hunter who protects a post-apocalyptic Seattle while keeping his own zombie-fied family out of sight—which eventually poses a problem. His partner, or apprentice, is a recent graduate whose initial attraction to him is based on his ability to procure real coffee.

People bought the original Fifty Shades for the sex, not because it was a good writing—it’s routinely described as awful prose. Fifty Shades of Brains, though, is both a good story and well-written; it would be loads of fun even without the sex (but the sex scenes are fun too), even though it shares a consistent first-person narrative voice with the original. This isn’t an easy book to recommend, but for the subset of readers who want to mix sex and death, it provides a delightful distraction.